Author Archives Allen Baird

Ferruh Mavituna is interviewed about Netsparker by Help Net Security. The interview focuses on how Netsparker accurately identifies web application vulnerabilities without false positives using its unique Proof-Based technology, prioritizes fixes, prevents bottlenecks in development, discovers services, and deals with the growing problem of scalability. Read More

In episode #584 of Paul's Security Weekly, Sven Morgenroth, a Netsparker security researcher, discusses PHP Object injection vulnerabilities and explains the dangers of PHP's unserialize function. Sven provides background on PHP Objects, demos how to write an exploit for a PHP Object Injection vulnerability, and explains how to prevent them. Read More

At the end of 2018, PHP will stop security updates and support for some of its previous versions. This will expose hundreds of millions of websites to serious risk in terms of sites hacked, user details stolen, and massive fines. You need to update, and use systems that allow you to deploy only new versions of PHP by default. Read More